Archive - 13 May 2005

A permanent body - the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission - is the star recommendation in the final report by the commission to be released on Monday.

Mangal Bahadur Gurung, 30, disebat dan berada selama 51 hari di Penjara Kajang, sebelum dibebaskan selepas mahkamah membatalkan hukuman ke atasnya.

So says Opposition Leader Lim Kit Siang, who has tried unsuccessfully to reach two key ministers over the past two days.

Plantif pohon pengisytiharan mahkamah bahawa keputusan yang dikeluarkan oleh UM, UKM dan USM yang mengagalkan mereka dalam peperiksaan akhir, adalah tidak adil dan bersikap diskriminasi serta melanggar Perlembagaan Persekutuan.

Pelajar lelaki sekolah rendah La Salle di Jalan Gasing dekat Petaling Jaya, mendakwa mengalami pendarahan dalam perutnya akibat ditumbuk oleh guru disiplinnya Rabu lalu.

The deputy premier says the government does not intend to jail those who dodge the training. Those with a valid reason can appeal.

After having their application to register the organisation turned down three times by the ROS, its followers are now asking for the human rights commission's help.

Setiausaha Agung PAS Nasharuddin Mat Isa, Kolumnis Utusan Malaysia Astora Jabat dan wakil Sisters In Islam (SIS) telah mengesahkan menjadi anggota panel perbincangan tersebut.

A RM70 million compensation is estimated based on the number of teak and sentang trees on the 3000-acre native land which was acquired for a smelter plant.

A social activist says the Penang state government has misled the locals into supporting a project that will turn jetties into housing areas. What is on the cards are cramped and congested high-rise flats.

Tidak puashati dengan cadangan memperkenalkan sistem baru itu sejak tahun lalu. Pagi ini mereka berpiket sebagai kemuncak bantahan mereka itu.

Veteran unionists want a reformed labour movement that not only is the country's unifying force but also embraces a professional outlook with more clout to face global challenges.

Is the Muslim community ready to embrace liberal Islam? Those who want to know the answer can attend the discussion in Johor Baru on Sunday.

2,000 Panasonic workers resent the company's proposal to introduce new work rules - that all workers be paid according to the number of goods produced.

One of the first things I was taught as an undergraduate in Universiti Malaya some 13 years ago was the sanctity of the university as a bastion for independent thought. It was said and...

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi recently conceded that there are shortcomings in his leadership. But humility is not going to win over those critics who want to see action.

Some writers were quick to cite the book by US anthropologist Ruth Benedict to prove that Japan is a nation shrouded in a culture of shame, and it is therefore hard for them to feel remorseful for the wrongs their country had committed

Malaysia has little to boast about when it comes to deeds like pledging one's organs and cries for help remain caged within the pages of the newspapers.

new Fiction by Shakeel Abedi. Quirky, magical, nonsensical and yet sensible - Shakeel's fiction begs attention.

A Nepalese man was caned and spent 51 days in Kajang prison as an illegal immigrant although he had a valid work permit.

Switzerland's Swatch watchmaking group says it will move production of watch components out of Malaysia to Thailand.